News archive from 9 June 2016

0 Have your say Police in Papua New Guinea fired gunshots yesterday to quell a student protest demanding the prime minister’s resignation, the government said.
The country’s police commissioner said nearly two dozen people were injured, but denied...

Hodgson oversaw a hugely disappointing World Cup campaign in Brazil two years ago as the Three Lions were dumped out at the group stage.
And Lawrenson believes the 68-year-old is fortunate to still be in a job, despite England's perfect Euro 2016...

Chelsea target Radja Nainggolan has revealed Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois have urged him to join this summer.
Chelsea had a £27million offer for the Roma midfielder rejected this week and he has stated he is happy to stay in Italy despite Antonio...

Last month, it was claimed that Mayweather Jr, who is currently enjoying retirement, was on the verge of striking a deal to fight the UFC's featherweight champion in a boxing match.
It's been widely reported that the proposed contest, which has been...

ACCRA Britain's Vodafone (VOD.L) said on Wednesday that plans to return its Ghana operations to profit-making were hampered by the West African country's failure to fulfil its financial obligations as minority shareholder.
The world's largest mobile...

0 Have your say The man who bought BHS for £1 from Sir Philip Green threatened to kill the high street chain’s chief executive, a parliamentary hearing has been told, as he was branded a “premier league liar” who had his “fingers in the till”.
The...

Ambulances were late to two life-threatening incidents, including a motorway accident, one evening in February because so many emergency vehicles were tied up in queues outside a hospital A&E department, health inspectors have revealed.
Sixteen...

Report reveals doctor refused to treat patient without chaperone
GAY people are facing “significant barriers” to end-of-life care due to discrimination and fear of prejudice, a leading charity revealed yesterday.
Research from terminal illness support...

‘We’re not fighting the same fight on EU’
LABOUR will not call a truce and campaign alongside the Tories in the final weeks of the EU referendum campaign — no matter how close the polls get, a party spokesman vowed yesterday.
Leader Jeremy Corbyn has...

CUTS to social care have led to a staggering 32 per cent rise in bed-blocking, a new study revealed yesterday.
NHS patients in England ready to be discharged were delayed by 1.81 million days due to a shortage of alternative care in 2015-16.
In...

Campaigning anti-poverty group warns of ‘human rights crisis’
CAMPAIGNING anti-poverty charity War on Want warned yesterday of a “human rights crisis” in Colombia, where striking farmworkers have been attacked and murdered.
The strike organised by the...

WORLD youth organisations have lent their solidarity to Syria’s government in its war against foreign-backed terrorists and mercenaries.
A six-day international preparatory meeting for next year’s World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS) in Russia...

You know what it's like. You get home after work exhausted, the fridge is empty, and before you know it you're dialling the number of your nearest takeaway. Cooking at the end of a long day can be overwhelming.
But there is increasingly an alternative...

BRAZIL’S attorney general has requested the arrest of several allies of acting President Michel Temer for obstructing the Car Wash corruption probe at state oil firm Petrobras.
TV Globo reported on Tuesday that Rodrigo Janot was seeking to have former...

PROJECT FEAR, which should have been consigned as a campaigning tactic to the dustbin of history after being discredited during the Scottish independence referendum, is enjoying a fresh lease of life.
David Cameron, who stated before the current EU...